American Dominates Exports of West Java

BANDUNG-Share of commodity exports from West Java was never separated from the three main countries namely the United States, Japan and Thailand.

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of West Java said the largest market share of non-oil exports in West Java in November 2016 still remains to the United States, Japan and Thailand each worth USD 402.96 million, USD 261.24 million and USD 188.58 million with the role of three reached 36.09%.

"Three countries that dominate exports of both oil and non-oil from West Java," said Bachdi Ruswana, Head of West Java Central Statistic Agency.

He added that the export volume of West Java in November 2016 amounted to 0.64 million tons, down sharply up by 36.92% compared to October 2016, which reached 1.02 million tons.

According to a decrease primarily due to lower volumes of oil and gas exports, which reached 75.00%, and the volume of non-oil exports were down 31.20%. jo